Toward an ecological explanation of agricultural unemployment in bangladesh

Professional Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-191

  Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cultural ecology; Flood and drought; High yielding rice; Unemployment in agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342312855     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00113     Document Type: Article

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